Category: Heating Oil
Heating Oil Prices: Check Heating Oil Prices As Carefully As Gasoline Prices
We are all very conscious of gasoline prices and most of us know within a few cents what a gallon of gas costs us on any given day. We also have a good sense as to which stations have higher and lower prices. Some of us may even drive out of our way to save [...]
F&S Oil Customers To Get Restitution
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today praised the court’s approval of a settlement providing about $1 million in restitution to thousands of F&S Oil Co. customers owed money or heating oil after the company’s abrupt closure in March 2008.
Superior Court Judge Grant Miller approved the settlement today during a proceeding at Hartford Superior court.
“This settlement provides [...]
Buderus Savings Claims: Put Salt On It
Buderus furnaces are highly recommended by heating oil companies, but sprinkle a lot of salt on advertisements that promise huge savings.
For instance, former TV weatherman Hilton Kaderli has been shilling for Homestead Fuel in Ellington, Conn., and Buderus for years with large ads in The Courant promising “SAVE UP TO 35% THIS WINTER WITH BUDERUS [...]
Heating Oil, Propane Prices: New Internet Tool To Compare Heating Oil & Propane Prices
As we start our heating season there is a new online tool to check to see if you are paying a fair rate for your heating oil and propane.
www.lowermyheat.com, still under construction, has price comparisons already in 30 states, including Connecticut, according to Arik Keller, of LowerMyHeat LLC.
I did a quick tour of the site and it [...]
Conn Heating Oil Customers Receive $375,000 In Refunds From Blumenthal/Watchdog Effort
Thanks to legal pressure brought by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal against HOP Energy, 2,171 present and former customers of HOP Energy’s Connecticut subsidiaries are receiving $375,000 in refunds.
The money represents excess profits HOP companies like Automatic TLC made by improperly placing customers into capped price plans last year without their written authorization.
Blumenthal began an [...]
Heating Oil Dealers: Check around for best deals, you could save hundreds of dollars this heating season
While most people keep close tabs on what they pay for gasoline, interestingly enough few are as careful about what they spend on their heating oil, which could be as much or more than their gasoline bills.
Too many people stay with their oil companies without doing comparison shopping – checks that could save hundreds of [...]
Heating oil and propane tips from Ct Atty General
Connecticut Heating Oil and Propane Price Comparison web sites
Check http://www.connecticutheatingoil.com/ for many of the heating-oil dealers listed by towns that are served. Click on a town, and you will get a list of at least some of the dealers that service that municipality. The list appears to be incomplete — Windham only has one dealer listed. So only use this list as a [...]
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